Politics & Policy

Kennedy Cares

By Ned Rice June 27, 2008

This week the Supreme Court granted a rare legal victory to one of America’s most down-trodden, least-understood special-interest groups: people who rape small children. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ...

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If Republicans Were Democrats

By Ned Rice November 15, 2006

I suppose you’ve heard about the results of last week’s voting. No, I don’t mention Joey Lawrence getting voted off Dancing with the Stars — I’m talking about the midterm ...

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Message in a Ballot

By Ned Rice November 7, 2006

When I was a kid we made things in this country. Cars, refrigerators, TV sets, B-52 bombers. You know — big, substantial, useful things that lots of people wanted to ...

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Another GOP Sex Scandal

By Ned Rice October 19, 2006

Just when you thought we’d heard the last of assorted GOP sex scandals starring the likes of Mark Foley there are new reports in the media today of yet another ...

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Ten Years Along

By Ned Rice October 11, 2006

When National Review went online in 1996, my politics were a little different. But then so was the world. Here are a few highlights (and low) from my diary back ...

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Miserable Failure

By Ned Rice April 18, 2006

In 1971 President Richard M. Nixon prevailed upon Congress to pass the National Cancer Act, effectively declaring war on a leading cause of death in the U.S. The goal of ...

Irony On Ice

By Ned Rice April 4, 2006

File under “Hollywood Hypocrisy”: In the new hit movie Ice Age II: The Meltdown an armadillo named Fast Tony warns the other characters (and, of course, us) that the ...

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Butch Cassidy and His Life Partner The Sundance Kid

By Ned Rice March 3, 2006

Like most Americans I haven’t seen any of the films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar this year, nor do I plan to. I’ll also probably skip the Academy Awards ...

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Yesterday, 25 Years Ago

By Ned Rice December 8, 2005

As anyone who knows me can tell you, I have been a Beatles devotee since the day (probably around 1967) I lowered a phonograph needle onto a borrowed copy of ...

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The Right to Know

By Ned Rice December 1, 2005

While supporting the nomination of Sam Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court I must join the chorus of those who object to his 1991 decision (Planned Parenthood v. Casey) to ...